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Driving Force Quotes

What keeps something moving forward.

These driving force quotes span founding band members explaining why the group keeps going, to broader ideas about what fuels commerce and belief systems. See Driving quotes for the literal side of the theme.

My career and my stats, they all speak for itself so to say that I've got anything to prove to people, to say 'well, look, I can play, I'm not just a big guy,' that really is not my driving...

Quotes by Adebayo Akinfenwa

The driving force for the Arabs is hatred of Israel. Hatred of the Jewish people.

Quotes by Yitzhak Shamir

The whole world is determined by trade - which is really the blood of the world. The driving force is everyone's desire to have a better life. How? By consuming. For countries, the 'Holy Grail' is economic growth.

Quotes by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Elizabeth Taylor was the first star for whom an offscreen narrative was equally as important as an onscreen one. Her private life became as much of a driving force of her fame and success as any role she played in...

Quotes by William J. Mann

Always Quotes

You know, Kiss can always go on as long as Gene and Paul want it to go on. Static-X is the same way. We're the two founding guys and the two vocalists and the driving force of the band. We...

Quotes by Wayne Static

We will do everything in our power to make sure cross-strait stability becomes the driving force for peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

Quotes by Tsai Ing-wen

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce.

Quotes by Tom Peters

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

Quotes by Thierry Henry

I think I can speak with a degree of authority... today, the biggest driving force of movies is pace; God help you if you try to put in a scene that is about character and not plot.

Quotes by Terry Hayes

Change Quotes

It's the pursuit of love and happiness that is the driving force of the romantic novel.

Quotes by Susanna Kearsley

We grew up understanding how the analog sound is a driving force for music.

Quotes by Rohan Marley

Humans seem to be programmed to think of ambivalent feelings at the same time. That is the driving force behind human beings: to be the warrant of all things and to control other worlds.

Quotes by RM

Are there things you can do with the rest of your personnel or are things you can do schematically to help a quarterback? I think so. But at the end of the day, that quarterback still has to be a...

Quotes by Paul DePodesta

I think the driving force for cultural evolution is this desire for groups to be splitting off and separating and forming subgroups insofar as the environment will allow it. We see great cultural diversity and large numbers of cultures per...

Quotes by Mark Pagel

Driving Quotes

Money is not a driving force for me when it comes to my passion: that is, dramas and films.

Quotes by Mahira Khan

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Leonardo da Vinci

For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book. It wasn't enough for me to join a...

Quotes by Lemon Andersen

My dear husband, Richard, has been the driving force behind my success and rise to whatever level I am now. My story and legacy is incomplete without his mention.

Quotes by Joyce Banda

The Internet's a driving force in the change from mass media to 'my media,' in which consumers will be their own programmers.

Quotes by Jerry Yang

Everything Quotes

Writing has never been a driving force within me.

Quotes by Jeffrey Combs

Frequently Asked Questions

What does "driving force" typically refer to in these quotes?
It describes the core motivation behind a group's actions, whether that's a band's two founding members keeping things going or a broader economic desire for a better life.
Do these quotes connect driving force to economics?
Yes, one describes global trade as the essential force shaping the world, driven by everyone's desire to consume and improve their standard of living.
Is music mentioned in this topic?
Yes, one quote describes how a band can continue indefinitely as long as its two founding vocalists want to keep performing together.
Does the topic touch on conflict as a motivating factor?
One quote describes hostility as a driving force behind certain regional tensions, framing intense animosity as a root motivator in that context.
What other topics pair well here?
Try Change quotes or Everything quotes for related themes of motivation.

Some lines point to conviction as the real engine behind a life's work, others to consumer desire shaping economies. Browse Change quotes or Everything quotes.